diff --git a/lighthouse-core/audits/byte-efficiency/uses-responsive-images.js b/lighthouse-core/audits/byte-efficiency/uses-responsive-images.js
index 1dac9573df02..891c590c6442 100644
--- a/lighthouse-core/audits/byte-efficiency/uses-responsive-images.js
+++ b/lighthouse-core/audits/byte-efficiency/uses-responsive-images.js
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@ const str_ = i18n.createMessageInstanceIdFn(__filename, UIStrings);
 
 const IGNORE_THRESHOLD_IN_BYTES = 4096;
 
+// Ignore up to 12KB of waste if an effort was made with breakpoints.
+const IGNORE_THRESHOLD_IN_BYTES_BREAKPOINTS_PRESENT = 12288;
+
 class UsesResponsiveImages extends ByteEfficiencyAudit {
   /**
    * @return {LH.Audit.Meta}
@@ -112,6 +115,18 @@ class UsesResponsiveImages extends ByteEfficiencyAudit {
     };
   }
 
+
+  /**
+   * @param {LH.Artifacts.ImageElement} image
+   * @return {number};
+   */
+  static determineAllowableWaste(image) {
+    if (image.srcset || image.isPicture) {
+      return IGNORE_THRESHOLD_IN_BYTES_BREAKPOINTS_PRESENT;
+    }
+    return IGNORE_THRESHOLD_IN_BYTES;
+  }
+
   /**
    * @param {LH.Artifacts} artifacts
    * @param {Array<LH.Artifacts.NetworkRequest>} networkRecords
@@ -126,6 +141,8 @@ class UsesResponsiveImages extends ByteEfficiencyAudit {
     const ViewportDimensions = artifacts.ViewportDimensions;
     /** @type {Map<string, LH.Audit.ByteEfficiencyItem>} */
     const resultsMap = new Map();
+    /** @type {Array<string>} */
+    const passedImageList = [];
     for (const image of images) {
       // Give SVG a free pass because creating a "responsive" SVG is of questionable value.
       // Ignore CSS images because it's difficult to determine what is a spritesheet,
@@ -147,15 +164,23 @@ class UsesResponsiveImages extends ByteEfficiencyAudit {
         );
       if (!processed) continue;
 
-      // Don't warn about an image that was later used appropriately
+      // Verify the image wastes more than the minimum.
+      const exceedsAllowableWaste = processed.wastedBytes > this.determineAllowableWaste(image);
+
       const existing = resultsMap.get(processed.url);
-      if (!existing || existing.wastedBytes > processed.wastedBytes) {
-        resultsMap.set(processed.url, processed);
+      // Don't warn about an image that was later used appropriately, or wastes a trivial amount of data.
+      if (exceedsAllowableWaste && !passedImageList.includes(processed.url)) {
+        if ((!existing || existing.wastedBytes > processed.wastedBytes)) {
+          resultsMap.set(processed.url, processed);
+        }
+      } else {
+        // Ensure this url passes for future tests.
+        resultsMap.delete(processed.url);
+        passedImageList.push(processed.url);
       }
     }
 
-    const items = Array.from(resultsMap.values())
-        .filter(item => item.wastedBytes > IGNORE_THRESHOLD_IN_BYTES);
+    const items = Array.from(resultsMap.values());
 
     /** @type {LH.Audit.Details.Opportunity['headings']} */
     const headings = [
diff --git a/lighthouse-core/test/audits/byte-efficiency/uses-responsive-images-test.js b/lighthouse-core/test/audits/byte-efficiency/uses-responsive-images-test.js
index 97057ead95fa..d765e916376e 100644
--- a/lighthouse-core/test/audits/byte-efficiency/uses-responsive-images-test.js
+++ b/lighthouse-core/test/audits/byte-efficiency/uses-responsive-images-test.js
@@ -28,8 +28,15 @@ function generateSize(width, height, prefix = 'displayed') {
   return size;
 }
 
-function generateImage(clientSize, naturalDimensions, src = 'https://google.com/logo.png') {
-  return {src, ...clientSize, naturalDimensions, node: {devtoolsNodePath: '1,HTML,1,IMG'}};
+function generateImage(clientSize, naturalDimensions, src = 'https://google.com/logo.png', srcset = '', isPicture = false) {
+  return {
+    src,
+    srcset,
+    ...clientSize,
+    naturalDimensions,
+    isPicture,
+    node: {devtoolsNodePath: '1,HTML,1,IMG'},
+  };
 }
 
 describe('Page uses responsive images', () => {
@@ -132,7 +139,13 @@ describe('Page uses responsive images', () => {
   });
 
   it('identifies when images are not wasteful', async () => {
-    const networkRecords = [generateRecord(100, 300, 'https://google.com/logo.png'), generateRecord(90, 500, 'https://google.com/logo2.png'), generateRecord(20, 100, 'data:image/jpeg;base64,foobar')];
+    const networkRecords = [
+      generateRecord(100, 300, 'https://google.com/logo.png'),
+      generateRecord(90, 500, 'https://google.com/logo2.png'),
+      generateRecord(100, 300, 'https://google.com/logo3a.png'),
+      generateRecord(100, 300, 'https://google.com/logo3b.png'),
+      generateRecord(100, 300, 'https://google.com/logo3c.png'),
+      generateRecord(20, 100, 'data:image/jpeg;base64,foobar')];
     const auditResult = await UsesResponsiveImagesAudit.audit_({
       ViewportDimensions: {innerWidth: 1000, innerHeight: 1000, devicePixelRatio: 2},
       ImageElements: [
@@ -146,6 +159,26 @@ describe('Page uses responsive images', () => {
           {width: 210, height: 210},
           'https://google.com/logo2.png'
         ),
+        generateImage(
+          generateSize(100, 100),
+          {width: 210, height: 210},
+          'https://google.com/logo3a.png',
+          '',
+          false
+        ),
+        generateImage(
+          generateSize(100, 100),
+          {width: 210, height: 210},
+          'https://google.com/logo3b.png',
+          '',
+          true
+        ),
+        generateImage(
+          generateSize(100, 100),
+          {width: 210, height: 210},
+          'https://google.com/logo3c.png',
+          'https://google.com/logo3c.png https://google.com/logo3c-2x.png 2x'
+        ),
         generateImage(
           generateSize(100, 100),
           {width: 80, height: 80},
@@ -157,7 +190,10 @@ describe('Page uses responsive images', () => {
       {computedCache: new Map()}
     );
 
-    assert.equal(auditResult.items.length, 2);
+    assert.equal(auditResult.items.length, 3);
+    assert.equal(auditResult.items[0].url, 'https://google.com/logo.png');
+    assert.equal(auditResult.items[1].url, 'https://google.com/logo3a.png');
+    assert.equal(auditResult.items[2].url, 'https://google.com/logo2.png');
   });
 
   it('ignores vectors', async () => {